Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c7.s6.t5.18
Life in Ancient India as Depicted in the Jain Canons, with Commentaries: An Administrative, Economic, Social and Geographical Survey c7.s6.t5.18
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c7.s6.t5.18
There are instances when the autocrat kings acted wantonly. It is said that king Kumbhaga of Mihilā banished the guild of the goldsmiths simply because they could not repair his ear-rings.⁵⁷ A physician was put to death by a king simply because he could not cure the prince.⁵⁸ We are told that the prince Malladinna ordered a painter to be executed for no fault of his.⁵⁹